EP 3427495 B1 20230809 - HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC SECURITY CONTROL
Title (en)
HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC SECURITY CONTROL
Title (de)
HÖRHILFEVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN MIT AUTOMATISCHER SICHERHEITSKONTROLLE
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF D'AIDE AUDITIVE ET PROCÉDÉ AVEC COMMANDE DE SÉCURITÉ AUTOMATIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 2016055254 W 20160311
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2017152991A1] There is provided a hearing assistance device to be worn by a user, comprising: a microphone arrangement (12) for capturing audio signals from ambient sound, an audio signal processing unit (14) for processing the captured audio signals, and an ear-level output transducer (16) for stimulating the user's hearing according to the processed audio signals, at least one wireless interface (18, 20, 42, 44) for signal reception from an external device (11, 40), a context detection unit (46) for determining, by regularly analyzing signals received via the at least one wireless interface, present values of a set of context parameters, the context parameters being indicative of the present location of the hearing assistance device (10), with the context detection unit being configured to select, based on the determined location, one location context out of a plurality of location contexts as the presently valid location context, and a security control unit (48) for controlling security aspects of the hearing assistance device according to a security policy selected from a plurality of security policies, each security policy specifically setting security levels for access to services of the hearing assistance device; wherein each location context is associated with one of the security policies, and wherein the security control unit is adapted to select that security policy which is associated with the presently valid location context.
IPC 8 full level
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/04 (2009.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 21/31 (2013.01 - US); G06F 21/45 (2013.01 - US); H04R 25/505 (2013.01 - US); H04R 25/55 (2013.01 - EP US); H04R 25/554 (2013.01 - US); H04R 25/70 (2013.01 - EP US); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01 - EP US); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01 - US); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (examination)
JP 2000030063 A 20000128 - FUJI XEROX CO LTD
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2017152991 A1 20170914; CN 108781338 A 20181109; CN 108781338 B 20210917; DK 3427495 T3 20231113; EP 3427495 A1 20190116; EP 3427495 B1 20230809; US 10506351 B2 20191210; US 2019090071 A1 20190321
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2016055254 W 20160311; CN 201680083447 A 20160311; DK 16709444 T 20160311; EP 16709444 A 20160311; US 201616082974 A 20160311